Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Mission Hospital named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for 2015

Mission Hospitalhas been named one of
the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM,
a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality
of healthcare. This marks the seventh time Mission Hospital has been
recognized with this honor.

The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® study
identifies hospitals and leadership teams that provide the highest level of
value to their communities, based on a national balanced scorecard. The 100 Top
Hospitals® balanced scorecard evaluates hospital performance across
11 key areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient
stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical
standards of care; and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute
myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure and pneumonia; and new for
this year, Medicare Spend per Beneficiary (Medicare Spend). The study has
been conducted annually since 1993.

“It is truly an honor to receive this recognition from
Truven Health AnalyticsTM on behalf of all our wonderful
caregivers,” said Jill Hoggard Green, PhD, RN, President of Mission Hospital
and Mission Medical Associates. “Their efforts exceed national benchmarks in
the delivery of outstanding quality care day in and day out, helping Mission
Hospital achieve consistent excellence.”

For the 100 Top Hospitals® study, nearly 3,000 hospitals were
evaluated by Truven Health AnalyticsTM. Researchers analyzed
public information including Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis
and Review (MedPAR) data, and core measures and patient satisfaction data from
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare
website. Hospitals cannot apply for this honor.
The study shows that if all hospitals in the U.S. performed at the level of
this year's winners:

Nearly 126,500
additional lives could be saved

Nearly 109,000
additional patients could be complication-free

$1.8 billion in
inpatient costs could be saved

The average patient stay
would decrease by half a day

The
winning hospitals were announced in the February 28, 2015, edition of Modern
Healthcare
magazine.

More information on this study and other 100 Top Hospitals®
research is available at 100tophospitals.com.